What is an Algorithm in 2 min( simple explanation)

 Before I start I would like to tell that I really appreciate your interest in Programming and technology.This blog will help you get an understanding what are algorithms.
Here is what you want,






We   can understand this easily by using examples


Now consider we have a room full of people and you want to count the number of people and you want to find out how many are there ,

When you do it yourself you look at each person in the room and then declare the number of people in the room.


If an robot,program or an AI would do this then it would do the same process on basis of the following procedures.

It would consider number of people in a room as N
Then it would consider original value of  N = 0
After that it would declare for every one person in the room N=N+1


i.e

number of people = N
N=0
\\if there is another heat signature
N=N+1

then it would run these set of instructions to complete the task of counting the number of people in the room.

Now let us say you want to this on a large scale.

this time
After considering N=0
for every 100 people in the room N = N+100

but this program has a bug as it can calculate only in hundreds

so,



After considering N =0
For every 100 people in the room N= N+100
and 1 remaining N=N+1

it will be made to run the program until all heat signatures are covered

hence, giving the correct number of people in a room or a particular area.


If you want  a much better understanding click here

So basically an Algorithm is a set of instructions or procedures to get a desired result run by a bot or AI

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